garda

See also: Garda, gardă, gardā, and gárda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish garda; doublet of guard.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gar‧da

Noun

garda (plural gardai)

1. (Ireland) A member of the national police force of the Republic of Ireland, the Gardaí.
   • 2004, Ken Bruen, The Guards‎^[1], →ISBN, page 38:

     A garda was ambling towards us.

Anagrams

• Agard

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.da/

• Audio

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Verb

garda

1. third-person singular past historic of garder

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese guarda, probably a back-formation from gardar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɾðɐ]

Noun

garda f (plural gardas)

1. guard, watchman, escort
2. (collective, military) guard, squad
3. (collective) police
4. (uncountable) guard; watch
5. (uncountable) protection; keep; custody

Derived terms

• A Guarda

Verb

garda

1. third-person singular present indicative of gardar
2. second-person singular imperative of gardar

References

• “garda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “garda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “garda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “garda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “garda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Gothic

Romanization

garda

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌰

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Portuguese guarda, guardar, from Old Portuguese guardar, from Medieval Latin wardō, from Frankish *wardōn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Doublet of gardu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡar.da]
• Hyphenation: gar‧da

Noun

garda (first-person possessive gardaku, second-person possessive gardamu, third-person possessive gardanya)

1. guard, person who or thing that protects something.

   Synonym: pengawal

Compounds

• garda depan

 

Further reading

• “garda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Irish

Alternative forms

• gárda (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French guarde.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːɾˠd̪ˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæːɾˠd̪ˠə/

Noun

garda m (genitive singular garda, nominative plural gardaí)

1. police officer, patrolman
2. escort
3. guard

Declension

Declension of garda

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative garda gardaí Vocative a gharda a ghardaí Genitive garda gardaí Dative garda gardaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an garda na gardaí Genitive an gharda na ngardaí Dative leis an ngarda don gharda leis na gardaí

Synonyms

• constábla
• garda síochána
• péas
• póilín

Derived terms

• bangharda (“policewoman”)
• dul ar garda (“to mount guard”)
• Garda
• garda abhann (“river guard”)
• garda a sheasamh (“to stand guard, sentinel”)
• garda coille (“forest guard”)
• garda cosanta (“bodyguard”)
• garda cósta (“coastguard”)
• garda cuain (“harbour guard”)
• garda gradaim (“guard of honour”)
• gardáil (“guard”, verb)
• garda rámha (“oar-guard, clamp”)
• garda saighdiúirí (“guard, body, of soldiers”)
• garda slabhra (“chain guard”)
• garda tine (“fire-guard”)
• garda traenach (“railway guard”)
• garda truicir (“trigger-guard”)
• seomra garda (“guardroom”)
• teach garda (“guardhouse”)

 

Descendants

• → English: garda

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
garda	gharda	ngarda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "garda" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “garda” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Latvian

Adjective

garda

1. genitive singular masculine form of gards
2. nominative singular feminine form of gards

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French garde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡar.da/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -arda
• Syllabification: gar‧da

Noun

garda f

1. crossguard, quillon

   Synonym: jelec

2. (boxing) guard (way in which boxers position their hands in their stance)

Declension

Declension of garda

	singular	plural
nominative	garda	gardy
genitive	gardy	gard
dative	gardzie	gardom
accusative	gardę	gardy
instrumental	gardą	gardami
locative	gardzie	gardach
vocative	gardo	gardy

Further reading

• garda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• garda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡarda]

Noun

garda f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gardă

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡâːrda/
• Hyphenation: gar‧da

Noun

gȃrda f (Cyrillic spelling га̑рда)

1. guard (of a sovereign or an army commander)

Declension

Declension of garda

	singular	plural
nominative	garda	garde
genitive	garde	garda
dative	gardi	gardama
accusative	gardu	garde
vocative	gardo	garde
locative	gardi	gardama
instrumental	gardom	gardama